Bottesford Parish Milepost
Introduction
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Bottesford Parish Milepost
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 17 May 2022
The cast iron mile post gives distances to Bingham (7 miles), Nottingham (17 miles) and Grantham (7 miles). It was erected when the main road through Bottesford was a turnpike. With both the Grantham Canal and the railway offering alternatives, wagon traffic had declined by the latter half of the 19th century and the road was de-turnpiked in 1876. Of course, traffic levels were to build up again on what became the A52 and the village eventually got a by-pass in 1989. See also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.941871
Longitude
-0.799234